Category Archives: Nature and the Outdoors

Hohenzollern Castle

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Roger

Of course, on a tour of Europe, you have to visit a castle so we headed to one on Tuesday morning. We could see our destination when we were still several miles away. We parked at the bottom of the … Continue reading →

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Bird #544 — White Stork

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Roger

ciconia ciconia (stork) Monday, April 22, 2019 — 9:59 am Kittersburg, Germany — field along the L98 highway This was one of the birds on my “boy I hope I see one of those in Europe” list. I knew my … Continue reading →

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Bird #543 — Graylag Goose

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Roger

anser anser (goose) Sunday, April 21, 2019 — 6:15 pm Boblingen, Germany — Oberer See We had finished our circumperambulation of the pond in downtown Boblingen and were back where I had seen the Egyptian Geese an hour earlier. This … Continue reading →

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Bird #542 — Eurasian Moorhen

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Roger

gallinula (little hen) chloropus (from khloros, green, and pous, foot) Sunday, April 21, 2019 — 6:05 pm Boblingen, Germany — Oberer See We walked the path around the pond in the park in downtown Boblingen. At one end, there was … Continue reading →

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Bird #541 — Egyptian Goose

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Roger

alopochen (from alopos fox-like, and khen goose)  aegyptiaca (Egyptian) Sunday, April 21, 2019 — 5:05 pm Boblingen, Germany — Oberer See We took a tour of the town on Sunday afternoon. We ended up downtown in a pretty park surrounding … Continue reading →

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